US Patent Issued to Intuitive Surgical Operations on Nov. 11 for "Steerable viewer mode activation and de-activation" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,446, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Steerable viewer mode activation and de-activation" was invented by Mohammad Sina Parastegari (Campbell, Calif.), Paul G. Griffiths (Santa Clara, Calif.), Brandon D. Itkowitz (San Jose, Calif.) and Goran A. Lynch (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments relate to a computer-assisted robotic system, In some embodiments, the system includes a head input device, the head input device comprising a head input sensor configured to provide head input signals indicative of a an operator's head inputs, and a foot input device co...